For our final look at the Chapel of the Risen Christ, we’ll examine the various works of art commissioned for the interior. First up is a Pietà sculpted by Christopher Alles. I couldn’t help but notice that the sculpture group bears a striking similarity to the figure of Nicodemus and Christ from Michelangelo’s late Bandini…
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Chapel of the Risen Christ, Resurrection Cemetery, Interior, Part One
We’ll head inside the Chapel of the Risen Christ at Resurrection Cemetery now, going through doors with Emil Frei & Associates stained glass. As mentioned yesterday, the chapel was designed by St. Louis Design Alliance and built by BSI. And as I mentioned before, the huge sweeping roof, as well as other elements, are based…
Chapel of the Risen Christ, Resurrection Cemetery, Exterior
A valued reader alerted me to the recent completion of a new religious building, the Chapel of the Risen Christ in Resurrection Cemetery in Affton. Please ignore the KPLR broadcast antenna in the background. Heavily influenced by the Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut by Le Corbusier in 1950, this chapel was constructed by BSI according to designs by…
Along the Lower River des Peres
I traveled from the mouth of the River des Peres, starting by heading up Marceau Avenue, where I spotted some old houses while still in Carondelet. I crossed over the River des Peres on Alabama Avenue onto the south side of the drainage ditch and proceeded up Carondelet Boulevard. Of course, Alabama Avenue becomes Lemay…
Flora Terrace, Affton
Only a week before the infamous Stock Market Crash of 1929, a new subdivision was being advertised down Gravois Road, boasting of its quick drive to its intersection of Grand Boulevard. Flora Terrace soon saw the development of the standard architectural styles of the 1930s and 40s, with some later styles thrown in later. I…
Oakland House, Revisited at Twilight
I first looked at Oakland House way back in October of 2008, and I found myself there in early December again. Constructed by the Benoist Family in 1853 according to designs by the great George I. Barnett, it was one of a whole garland of Italianate villas that once graced the outskirts of St. Louis,…
St. John Paul II, Formerly St. George, Roman Catholic Church
Dominating the commanding hill at the intersection of Gravois and Heege roads, the relatively new parish of St. John Paul II Roman Catholic Church in Affton was created by combining St. Dominic Savio and St. George in 2018, using the latter’s building. I looked at this church way off in the distance in the past…
Looking Up Gravois Road, Affton
I photographed Affton way back in 2008, almost exactly ten years ago from when this photograph was taken.
Louis Obert Monument, New St. Marcus Cemetery
I can’t imagine that Louis Obert was not thinking of his fellow beer baron Anton Griesedieck’s monument in Bellefontaine Cemetery when commissioning his own grave in New St. Marcus Cemetery, where the stepson of Adam Lemp and his family is buried. The Moll Monument, also in Bellefontaine, could easily have been inspiration. His brewery was…
New Mount Sinai Cemetery
Wow, I just discovered one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the St. Louis area, and also one of the oldest: New Mount Sinai Cemetery, located just beyond the city limits out Gravois, where there are of course many other burial grounds. The heart of the cemetery is a cluster of mausolea of various architectural…